Cornel Dinu
Cornel " Mister " " Procurorul " Dinu ( born August 2, 1948 in Targoviste, Dâmboviţa county ) is a former Romanian football player and coach. He played a total of 454 games in the highest Romanian football league, the Divizia A, and played exclusively for Dinamo Bucharest. He also took part in the World Cup 1970.
Playing career
Dinu began playing football in his home town of Targoviste at Metalul. Already at the age of 18 he moved to a Romanian giants and joined Dinamo Bucharest, where he remained faithful to the end of his career in 1983. His debut in Divizia A he gave for Dinamo on September 25, 1966 against Steagul Rosu Brasov. Already in its second season, he became a regular player and performer. With Dinamo Dinu was six times champion of Romanian and Romanian Cup Winners' Cup twice. He played for the club 33 European Cup games in which he scored three goals. His law degree earned him even in his active career the nickname Procurorul ( German: the prosecutor ) a.
National
His first try was Dinu in the Romanian national team on May 1, 1968 against Austria. Dinu graduated 75 international matches, scoring seven goals. Since seven of those games in which he scored two goals, took place in the context of the Olympics, they were in 1999, subsequently removed by FIFA from the international games of Romania, so that the corrected balance sheet now 68 games and 5 goals is. He participated in the Soccer World Cup 1970 in Mexico and came part in all three games over the full distance to use. In 1979, he broke Mircea Lucescu from Romania's most capped player and remained so until 1984, when he was overtaken by László Bölöni. Furthermore denied Dinu 5 caps for the Romanian U23 national soccer team.
Coaching career
After his retirement in 1983 was Dinu first assistant coach of Dinamo Bucharest under Nicolae Dumitru Nicuşor. In September 1984 he took over the team as head coach, but was dismissed again in April 1985. Then he returned to his hometown and took over the local club CS Târgoviste in Divizia B. Then he supervised Metalul Bucharest in Divizia C. In the season 1987/88 he trained with AS Armata Tirgu Mures a re- promoted in the Divizia A. On end of the season he moved to Oţelul Galaţi, which had qualified for the UEFA Cup. With Dinu as coach Oţelul succeeded there on 7 September 1988, the biggest success of the previous club history: a 1-0 home win over Juventus, which, however, could not prevent the resignation in the 1st round. From this victory, it went with the club but downhill and Dinu has been dismissed at the end of the same month after six defeats in a row. In the second half of the season 1988/89 he took over Universitatea Cluj where he left off in October 1989. It is unclear whether he was manager of FC Olt Scorniceşti during the winter break, as the club was forced accurately resolved at this time. In 1990 he became Secretary of State in the Romanian sports and youth ministry and headed in the summer of the same year, the elections in the Romanian Football Federation.
On April 8, 1992 Dinu returned as manager and replaced Mircea Rădulescu as Romanian coach from. As the goal of qualifying for the FIFA World Cup 1994 was in jeopardy, but he was replaced in the summer of 1993 by Anghel Iordănescu secured the qualification. He then worked as a manager for FC Naţional Bucharest, but returned in 1996 returned to Dinamo Bucharest and took over the office of President. After the dismissal of Marian Bondrea he jumped from November to December 1996 two championship games as interim coach for a Dinamo.
Already in April 1998, Dinu was again coach of Dinamo Bucharest when he replaced Viorel Hizo. With Dinamo he won the Romanian Championship and 2000 and 2001 the trophy in 2000. In September 2001, he was dismissed and replaced by Marin ion. From October 2002 to March 2003, he jumped again as a coach before Ioan Andone Dinamo took over. Dinu remained the club as a member of the Board of Directors receive in the role of administrator delegate. In November 2007, he was briefly again as successor to Walter Zenga head coach of Dinamo along with Cornel Ţălnar. On July 19, 2011 Dino suffered a myocardial infarction and was taken to the Spitalul Clinic de Urgenţǎ Floreasca in Bucharest. On December 15, 2011 his wife, with whom he had one son died, from the effects of diabetes mellitus.
Achievements
As a player
- World Cup participants: 1970
- Romanian champion: 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1982, 1983
- Romanian Cup Winners: 1968, 1982
- Romanian Footballer of the Year: 1970, 1972, 1974
As a coach
- Romanian champions: 2000
- Romanian Cup Winners: 2000, 2001